Come On

Subject: Come On
From: "Connie Sadler"@MR.STANFORD.EDU
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 17:04:00 PDT
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Posting-date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 07:00:00 PDT



On Tue, 19 Jul 1994 jdblair@nextsrv.cas.muohio.EDU wrote:
and BERZERK responds:
>>
>> 6) Oh yeah, the women are unable to do anything except talk on the phone,
>> get into catfights, give men blowjobs, and kill people by accident.  The

>I liked that part.:-)

>> If anyone has a good monkeywrench, send it my way.
>Hehehhehehehehheheheheh.

>Berzerk, Green Libertarian

My first post, although I've been *listening* for some time now. I'm all for 
privacy and private encryption, and am learning a lot from this list - just 
installed PGP on two platforms and am learning how to use it. I agree that 
there are very few women involved - is this an all boys club? I assume not, 
but have to say I find lines like the above very offensive/non-professional. 
I won't let it stop me from continuing on, but what's the point? I really 
don't get it.

CS -

Connie Sadler:
> and BERZERK responds:
> >>
> >> 6) Oh yeah, the women are unable to do anything except talk on the phone,
> >> get into catfights, give men blowjobs, and kill people by accident.  The
> 
> >I liked that part.:-)

jdblair is pointing out that the women in the movie are sexually
objectified, reduced to objects without minds.

> >> If anyone has a good monkeywrench, send it my way.
> >Hehehhehehehehheheheheh.

This is unrelated to 6).  'Monkeywrenching' is the practice of
sabotaging 'the system' so that it won't damage nature, usually.  In
this case, it's more likely that he's talking about sabotaging the
government.

The term is named after the Edward Abbey novel _The Monkey Wrench
Gang_, in which a group of people go around destroying heavy
machinery, bridges, billboards, and so forth, because they are
damaging the environment.

> My first post, although I've been *listening* for some time now. I'm all for 
> privacy and private encryption, and am learning a lot from this list - just 
> installed PGP on two platforms and am learning how to use it. I agree that 
> there are very few women involved - is this an all boys club? 

I think the conspiratorial atmosphere tends to attract men more than
women.  That's why there are so few women, IMHO.

> I assume not, 
> but have to say I find lines like the above very offensive/non-professional. 
> I won't let it stop me from continuing on, but what's the point? I really 
> don't get it.

I think you've misinterpreted it.

Kragen

Hey, my comment about likeing that part was just offhand, was "guy stuff" 
and "non-pc" and supporting something crude.

I am not sorry.  I liked it.

If it had been a bumbleing and incompentent male lover who gave good snugle, 
as in le-fem nakita, I would have liked it even more(hey, I did:-)

I am sorry if I can't be myself around some people here.

I would like to ask those who objected to my comments about this to 
comment about that movie(if you have seen it).  It would seem most 
liberal people I know said it was beautiful.  Why did they not criticize 
the weak man in this film?  Are your standards different, or would you 
apply this to that film also.

Roger, who is not ashamed to be a guy.
*******
Anyone ever made a titanium bullet?(before the prohabition or with the 
proper govt. approval, of cource)

******
> Anyone ever made a titanium bullet?(before the prohabition or with the 
> proper govt. approval, of cource)

     The bench-rest rifle crowd have almost certainly tried that
along with everything else imaginable.  You might ask on rec.guns.
I assume one would use a sabot to avoid tearing up the barrel.
  regards, 
  [insert std non-crypto-apology]
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